Tallaght Regional Hospital is one of the largest capital investments in healthcare ever undertaken by Ireland. Children, adults and older people are cared for at the hospital, which has 625 beds. Built on a 35-acre site, the hospital’s main corridor, Hospital Street, is 353.1 metres long - about a quarter of a mile. Today, Tallaght is a public, voluntary, teaching Hospital, ran by the Health Service Executive (HSE).